RazD writes:
They could have a lot of money behind it -- the Bill Gates Foundation funds the Discovery Institute
Only one particular project on urban trasnportation alternatives, as I understand it. They have insisted it is just this one project they support and have always tried to distance themselves from the religious agenda of the Discover Institute. I doubt they will be picking up any legal bills, although these are plenty of rich fundies that probably will.
RazD writes:
...it's about teaching both sides of the debate, that open scientific inquiry should be encouraged.
If you read the article in the Times, it seems they are already trying to make it a 'freedom of speech' issue. I guess the locals are demanding the freedom to raise their kids in ignorance. But the point made by Omnivorous is valid. Their best chance may be arguing for 'local control' of education as guaranteed under states rights and the Judge may decide it is not germane for him to decide what is and what is not science, even though that is the crux of the matter.
Razd writes:
"under god" was added in the 50's. the pledge itself was written in 1892, and our founding fathers certainly didn't need a pledge to be patriotic.
That's interesting. I had no idea. Was the ACLU asleep at the wheel when they slipped that in there?
I think you have the right strategy in trying to show that ID is faith-based. Could be hard to do, though. They are a slippery bunch and it's hard to pin them down because their arguments are so amorphous.